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A woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.A woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.A woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.
Wini Shaw
- Inez Cardoza
- (as Winifred Shaw)
J. Carrol Naish
- Robert Cardoza
- (as J. Carroll Naish)
Selmer Jackson
- Joe Davis
- (as Selmar Jackson)
Miki Morita
- Fuji
- (as Mike Morita)
Ernie Alexander
- Elevator Operator
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaOne of eleven films Bette Davis starred in with George Brent.
- GoofsWhen Robert closes the French doors of the brightly lit and gated elevator at the 48 Kingston building, you could see the silhouette of the gates being shut and also as the elevator begins its ascent. But as the elevator is shown passing each floor, the gates are no longer seen. Additionally, when the elevator stops, the doors open immediately and Robert quickly exists the elevator without any signs of him pulling the elevator gates open nor are the gates even seen.
- Quotes
Ellen Garfield: You make me so mad I could... well, I could spit!
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Miscast dynamic reporter Bette Davis and ace reporter George Brent love each other but do what they can to out-scoop each other.
Bette Davis seems miscast as a hard-working dynamic reporter in a rivalry with star reporter, George Brent, who works for a different newspaper. The role is more suited to wise-cracking, fast-talking stars such as Glenda Farrell (who made a similar film, Blondes at Work (1938)), or Joan Blondell (who also made a similar film, Back in Circulation (1937)). Her make-up, too, belied her profession. With perfectly tweezed eyebrows and immaculately applied lipstick, she looked like, as well as sounded like, a Hollywood star rather than a reporter. Still, Bette Davis is always a pleasure to watch even if not perfect. She and Brent are supposedly in love, but she won't marry him until he admits she is just as good a reporter as he is. You would think he wouldn't place any obstacles in her path towards reporting equality, but his vanity won't allow that conclusion, so he does. After a jury comes to a "guilty" verdict in the trial both are covering, and the jurors leave the jury room, Brent sneaks in to examine the ballots so he can get an extra on the street as quickly as possible. But sensing Davis is following him, he replaces the ballots with ones that read "not guilty." With friends like that, who needs enemies? Davis does report the wrong verdict to her editor, leading to the two rival newspapers coming out at the same time with opposite verdicts. Davis gets fired because of this hostile and vicious act, but, of course, it's not the end of the story, and she does get the last laugh in the matter.
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- Women Are Born Newspapermen
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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